Oklahoma City Tornado: 200 M.P.H. Winds, EF-4 on Fujita Scale

A weather system develops over Jamaica Bay where there were reports of a tornado touching down.
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While Midwesterners see tornadoes almost every spring, few twisters leave the magnitude of damage that yesterday's tornado dropped on Oklahoma. Dozens are dead, untold numbers are injured, and damage is likely to be in the billions of dollars.